Insight · White Paper

Flex Trading — Flexibility as a Business Model

Price volatility in the energy market is increasing due to the growth of solar and wind power. Companies with batteries can benefit from these fluctuations—if they have the right control system. This white paper explains how Flex Trading works in practice.

What will you learn in this white paper?

  • Why price volatility is an untapped opportunity for companies with battery or controllable energy assets.
  • How Covolt automatically decides every 15 minutes whether the battery should charge, discharge, or reserve capacity for balancing services.
  • The four versions of Flex Trading: Basic (day-ahead), Pro (multi-market), Local (congestion), and Tolling (fixed fee).
  • When Flex Trading Pro is the next step after optimizing self-consumption—and what the minimum installation capacity is (100 kW).
  • How the imbalance market and aFRR work, and how Covolt arranges access as a BSP without requiring you to be certified.

Who is this white paper intended for?

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The Problem: Price Volatility as an Untapped Opportunity How increasing fluctuations in day-ahead prices are becoming a revenue model for flexible generation facilities.
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What is Flex Trading? Capacity aggregation, market access via Covolt as a BSP, and how it works alongside a standard energy contract.
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How does it work in practice? Quarterly decisions, millions of automatic control commands per day, and insights via MyHorizon.
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Higher Returns by Combining Markets Day-ahead nomination + imbalance market: two opportunities for returns without additional risk for the owner.
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Four variants: Basic, Pro, Local, Tolling Which plan is right for which installation, capacity, and risk profile?
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How to Get Started — Five Steps From the quick scan and installation to activation, gaining insights, and upgrading to Pro or aFRR.

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